[Niamh.]

Also you have to have a token white person in a black film, they've had to put up with being tokens for long enough

Not forgetting of course Andy Serkis is white

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Also you have to have a token white person in a black film, they've had to put up with being tokens for long enough

Tolkien*

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Tolkien*

I only just got this now duh

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I dunno, I feel like with it being quite different to the other films they also probably felt the need to include a "thread" linking Black Panther back to the wider MCU... given that he's going to be in Infinity War pretty soon. Though based on what I remember of the trailer for that, it seems like Cap is hiding in Wakanda somewhere? And we know that Winter Soldier is there in stasis. But still, they were probably trying to fit in little connections. .

I think Andy Serkis serves as a thread well enough since there's an actual point to his character

I just kind of felt that Freeman's character was just the Studio panicking and being all like 'We can't have the only white character in this film being a villain! Middle America would have seizures in the cinemas!'

spoilers but not really? Very vague spoilers.

Spoiler:

I think Martin Freeman, if he had to appear, should have only done so in the South Korea set scenes. His role in the second half of the film and the climax could have easily been taken over by, say, someone like Angela Basset who sadly did not get that much to do.